> but the bulk of it is produced for the moment. But to a historian it is all a series of moments. To understand how/why one happened, it is useful to know the

> but the bulk of it is produced for the moment. But to a historian it is all a series of moments. To understand how/why one happened, it is useful to know the ones that came before, and things created for the moment might better describe it than those with a wider purview. Of course you don't need it all, but deciding what to keep is a complex (and bias ridden, accidental or otherwise) problem in its own right.